After the first of next year the campaign for the White House will begin in earnest it would seem. Politico,taking a break from its job as mouthpiece for the GOP, points out that all the likely candidates will have one thing in common: Lack of military service. Of the 16
Author: Skippy-San
The only place you need a prescription
Shopping Mall remains firmly rooted in the 19th century: I wrote about Sherri Williams v. Alabama in 2005 (“Do You Have an Rx for That Vibrator?“), describing the battle Sherri fought to keep her Pleasures stores open after Alabama banned sex toy retail “for immoral purposes” from the state. I wrote
Continue readingDear Mr. Murrow…..
We humbly apologize for what the stupidity of the average American, the greed of the companies that have bought our networks, and the relentless pace of technology ( especially with respect to video editing) has done to your once noble profession.–Skippy-san. There are two pieces of reporting on journalism that
Continue readingWell at least my Tuesday nights will be free…
Well this sucks. Frackity, frack, frack, frack. It would appear that SyFy does not share my love of the series Caprica. Better be careful-the Tauron mafia is not going to like this very much. Probably an STO plot. No more holoband porn babes-sigh. Sayonara, Zoe!
Continue readingVeteran’s Day observation.
Today is Armistice Day, known as Veterans Day in the United States-but in the Commonwealth it is the day set aside to remember the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognised
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A comment on the changes in the workplace today. Women are more and more a part of today’s work force. I know that, I (reluctantly) accept it, and remain aware of it. But that being the case-why can’t we then adapt some of our business sayings to reflect that? And
Continue readingA book you don’t need to buy.
Never trust a man that does not drink-especially one that gave it up to please his wife. Steve Walt reminds us why we should not fall for the nostalgia-George Bush really was a bad as he is made out to be.
Continue readingMoles just want to have fun!
The mighty war hummer on the job. For once the Norfolk media drove in some other direction than towards Oceana. To visit the working man’s Navy. Be sure and make your Air Force friends watch this-the smaller, much more capable version of the AWACS:
Continue readingThe pointy haired tea bagger…….
Scott Adams imagines a world without political parties: I’m fascinated by the fact that the freedom to organize into political parties limits our other freedoms more than most people realize. Political parties make the government incompetent, and the result of ineffective government is that citizens are less prosperous. Poverty is
Continue readingThe daily diet
As you might suspect, I am a voracious consumer of information. Between work and home I spend a lot of time in front of a computer and even in the car I am listening to the news. The issue is not getting access to news-its getting access to good news,
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